From the day
On the date
Sunday, August 25, 1985
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
OKLAHOMA IS NO. 1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Power of Love
Huey Lewis and the News
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
$6,927,360
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Tim Burton (1958)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
awesomebodaciouscheesychill
Valley Girl
as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally
Hip Hop
baddefdopeflyfreshword
Yuppie
greed is goodpower lunchnetworking
Tech Check
Windows 1.0, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) & DNA Fingerprinting.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,894 days ago
(40 years, 294 days)